Saying goodbye

Saying goodbye

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Indian villagers perform a religious ritual over a dead wild elephant at Kiranchandra Tea garden. Indian forest officials had previously treated this injured wild elephant in the India-Nepal border area for a bullet injury after its herd was attacked by Nepalese villagers in Nepal's Jhapa district.

Indian villagers perform a religious ritual over a dead wild elephant at Kiranchandra Tea garden. Indian forest officials had previously treated this injured wild elephant in the India-Nepal border area for a bullet injury after its herd was attacked by Nepalese villagers in Nepal's Jhapa district. (Diptendu Dutta, AFP/Getty Images)

Indian villagers perform a religious ritual over a dead wild elephant at Kiranchandra Tea garden. Indian forest officials had previously treated this injured wild elephant in the India-Nepal border area for a bullet injury after its herd was attacked by Nepalese villagers in Nepal's Jhapa district.